{"id":587,"date":"2023-01-26T22:33:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T22:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/?p=587"},"modified":"2023-01-26T22:33:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T22:33:52","slug":"diesel-fuel-polished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/diesel-fuel-polished\/","title":{"rendered":"Diesel Fuel Polished"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fuel tank was essentially full when we purchased the boat. It seems that tank of fuel sat at least two and a half years on the hard and it has been more than a year since the purchase. So, the fuel has sat in the tank about four years. From the supplies left behind, it seems likely the fuel was treated with a stabilizer and a biocide, but we have no idea how clean the tank is. Not wanting to take a chance, we hired someone to polish the fuel. The device that was used recirculates the fuel through a course filter and then a fine one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_7304.jpg?resize=525%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_7304.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_7304.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_7304.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The take-up line was attached to a piece of PVC, which was used to &#8220;vacuum out&#8221; the bottom of the tank:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_7301.jpg?resize=525%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_7301.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_7301.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_7301.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, the fuel was returned to the tank via a second hose that was inserted into the fuel port on the deck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fuel tank was essentially full when we purchased the boat. It seems that tank of fuel sat at least two and a half years on the hard and it has been more than a year since the purchase. So, the fuel has sat in the tank about four years. From the supplies left behind, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/diesel-fuel-polished\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Diesel Fuel Polished&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-timeline-of-aegir-ran","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":590,"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions\/590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}